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• Two Chinas at North America’s World Cup

  14-06-2026 06:25 via article.wn.com
  North America’s World Cup summer has begun, and China is once again outside the tournament rather than inside it. That fact is familiar. But it should not be flattened into the usual joke about a country of 1.4 billion people failing to find eleven footballers. China did not vanish at the first hurdle. It narrowly reached the third round of Asian qualifying in 2024, preserving hopes of returning to the finals for the first time since 2002. But the expanded 48-team format, and Asia’s
  
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• Australia temporarily lifts ban on shark-spotting drones after attack on woman swimmer

  14-06-2026 08:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Coogee Beach and others in the city's Randwick Council area closed for 24 hours following attack
  
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• Downtown Geneva boards up as drastic security tightens ahead of anti-G7 protests

  14-06-2026 08:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shops and businesses in downtown Geneva have boarded up their storefronts ahead of planned anti-G7 protests on Sunday
  
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• Young Australian Girl Shot Dead by Police in Pakistan

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  A nine-year-old Australian girl has been killed and two of her family members injured after...
  
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• Xi–Kim Summit Sidesteps Denuclearization, Risking Escalation in Northeast Asia: Analysts

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Pyongyang did little to rein in North Korea’s nuclear...
  
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• Why Trump and other G7 leaders meeting without China might be a mistake

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  China's absence from G7 summits seems...
  
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• Vinicius: I can improve

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  NEW JERSEY, United States, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Brazil forward Vinicius Jr. said he was not satisfied with his performance despite scoring in a 1-1 draw with Morocco in their World Cup Group C opener on Saturday. "I believe I can improve a lot. I...
  
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• Vape boss who flaunted luxury motors and boats ordered to pay back �250k ill-gotten gains

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Ethan Smith made �300,000 from an illegal vape empire and later lied to a judge over a �37,000 BMW. ......
  
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• Tuberville faces renewed residency challenge in run for Alabama governor

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Alabama Republican Party leaders will hold...
  
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• Trump to meet Middle East leaders at G7 summit

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  • Netanyahu not coming to Trump’s bilateral meetings • One-on-one session with Zelensky not planned WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will meet Middle Eastern leaders and attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the G7 summit next week, senior US administration officials said on Saturday. The officials said Trump, who is scheduled to travel to Evian, France, for the G7 summit early on Monday, would meet...
  
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• Trump Is 80. Bob Dylan and Five More Octogenarians Have Some Words of Wisdom.

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  “I feel the same as I did 50 years ago,” President Trump said. “It’s crazy.” ......
  
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• Travel disaster strands N.J. World Cup fans for hours: ‘It’s hard to believe we’re in ...

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  More than three hours after Brazil and Morocco ended their World Cup match in a 1-1 tie at MetLife Stadium on Saturday night, hundreds of frustrated soccer fans remained ensnarled in a travel nightmare just outside the venue in East Rutherford. ......
  
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• The world wants more high-protein products, but there's not enough whey to go around

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Global consumers want more protein in every bite, but the dairy industry is struggling to give it to them. In the last few years, food companies have added whey protein concentrate into everything from Pop-Tarts to potato chips to meet ......
  
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• The mother who gave her life to save three-year-old son from Russian missiles

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
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• The Comeback Knicks are the Champion Knicks. Brunson scores 45, and New York tops Spurs ...

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Jalen Brunson and the Comeback Knicks did it again. And now they’re the Champion Knicks. For the first time in 53 years, New York rules the NBA. Brunson scored 45 points, including 13 straight for New York in the fourth ......
  
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• Scotland victorious on World Cup return after McGinn strike helps clinch win over Haiti

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  This all proved rather difficult to evaluate as the dust settled. Scotland’s fifth win at a World Cup finals should have been a cause for epic celebration. Victory over Haiti meant this is a team not guaranteed to receive a bloody nose against lesser nations after all. More than 10,000 days after...
  
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• Scotland Beats Haiti in Victorious Return to World Cup

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Scotland made its return to the World Cup stage on June 13 after a 28-year hiatus, and etched its...
  
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• Roundup: Xi's governance philosophy inspires worldwide pursuit of modernization

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's governance philosophy provides useful references for other countries to pursue modernization, foreign experts have said. The Russian edition of the first volume of "China's Governance Under Xi Jinping's Leadership" was recently launched in St. Petersburg, Russia. Sheradil Baktygulov, director of the Kyrgyz Institute of World Politics, said Xi's governance philosophy deeply embodies the fundamental principles of China's development....
  
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• Qatar Secure Historic First World Cup Point with Dramatic Injury-Time Equaliser Against Switzerland

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Santa Clara: Qatar...
  
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• ‘Nothing works’: Russians react as intelligence services shut down the internet

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Like many people in Moscow, Alina, a 34-year-old project manager, lost the habit of using cash after years of ubiquitous electronic payments. She had to rediscover her analogue skills this year when Russia’s intelligence agency took effective control of the country’s internet, denying access to millions of people in the capital and beyond. “I had to ask my colleagues for cash to pay for my lunch. Then to buy me a bus ticket so I could get back home,” Alina says, rememberi
  
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• ‘Nothing Off Table’: Shark Culls on Cards After Attack

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  The latest shark attack that critically injured a woman in front of shocked swimmers has...
  
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• Nara Organics recalls baby formula sold at Target after multistate infant botulism outbreak

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Nara Organics has recalled its organic...
  
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• Nagelsmann: Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer fit to start as Germany opens the World Cup vs Curaçao

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has fully recovered from a calf injury he sustained last month and is ready to go for Germany’s World Cup opener against Curaçao on Sunday. ......
  
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• Mum dies after being thrown from horse as young daughter watches in horror

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Mother-of-two Donatella Mecchia suffered a fatal head injury when she was thrown from her horse during a lesson at her local equestrian centre as her teenage daughter, Aurora, watched helplessly ......
  
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• Minister Accuses States of Exaggerating NDIS Criticism

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Criticism of looming changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by states and territories is...
  
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• Look: Trump turns 80 with bloody 'UFC Freedom 250' fight at the White House

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday in typically forceful style on Sunday, as the oldest US president ever to take office holds a bloody cage match on the White House lawn. The unprecedented "UFC Freedom 250" event will see 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship stars beat each other to a pulp in a giant arena called The Claw. Costing $60 million, it's linked to this year's festivities for the 250th anniversary of US independence — but it also happens to fall on the day that Trump enters
  
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• Knicks win first NBA title since 1973 with 94-90 victory over Spurs in Game 5

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Knicks win first NBA title since 1973 with 94-90 victory over Spurs in Game 5. ......
  
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• Justin Trudeau responds to criticism over attending USA's FIFA World Cup match over Canada: ‘Supportive boyfriend’

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Justin Trudeau, on...
  
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• Joy in Dundee as Scotland end 28-year World Cup wait with victory over Haiti

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  1,700 people celebrated Scotland's win over Haiti in LiveHouse. ......
  
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• Jalen Brunson bet on himself and bet on the Knicks. A championship and a Finals ...

  14-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Jalen Brunson was fully aware of how much money some people spent to see the New York Knicks finally become champions again. Some tickets during the NBA Finals sold for $5,000, some for $50,000, some for probably more. Of course, ......
  
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